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Kubernetes Security Technical Implementation Guide

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  • SRG-APP-000014-CTR-000035

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  • The Kubernetes Scheduler must use TLS 1.2, at a minimum, to protect the confidentiality of sensitive data during electronic dissemination.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Kubernetes Scheduler will prohibit the use of SSL and unauthorized versions of TLS protocols to properly secure communica...
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  • SRG-APP-000014-CTR-000040

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  • The Kubernetes API Server must use TLS 1.2, at a minimum, to protect the confidentiality of sensitive data during electronic dissemination.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Kubernetes API Server will prohibit the use of SSL and unauthorized versions of TLS protocols to properly secure communic...
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  • SRG-APP-000014-CTR-000035

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  • The Kubernetes etcd must use TLS to protect the confidentiality of sensitive data during electronic dissemination.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kubernetes etcd will prohibit the use of SSL and unauthorized versions of TLS protocols to properly secure communication. Th...
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  • SRG-APP-000014-CTR-000035

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  • The Kubernetes etcd must use TLS to protect the confidentiality of sensitive data during electronic dissemination.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Kubernetes API Server will prohibit the use of SSL and unauthorized versions of TLS protocols to properly secure communic...
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  • SRG-APP-000023-CTR-000055

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  • The Kubernetes Controller Manager must create unique service accounts for each work payload.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Kubernetes Controller Manager is a background process that embeds core control loops regulating cluster system state thro...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000090

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  • The Kubernetes API Server must enable Node,RBAC as the authorization mode.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DOD-ap...
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  • SRG-APP-000038-CTR-000105

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  • User-managed resources must be created in dedicated namespaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Creating namespaces for user-managed resources is important when implementing Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC). RBAC allows ...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000090

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  • The Kubernetes Scheduler must have secure binding.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Limiting the number of attack vectors and implementing authentication and encryption on the endpoints available to external s...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000090

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  • The Kubernetes Controller Manager must have secure binding.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Limiting the number of attack vectors and implementing authentication and encryption on the endpoints available to external s...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000095

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  • The Kubernetes API server must have the insecure port flag disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, the API server will listen on two ports. One port is the secure port and the other port is called the "localhost ...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000095

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  • The Kubernetes Kubelet must have the "readOnlyPort" flag disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kubelet serves a small REST API with read access to port 10255. The read-only port for Kubernetes provides no authentication ...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000095

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  • The Kubernetes API server must have the insecure bind address not set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, the API server will listen on two ports and addresses. One address is the secure address and the other address is...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000100

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  • The Kubernetes API server must have the secure port set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, the API server will listen on what is rightfully called the secure port, port 6443. Any requests to this port wil...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000100

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  • The Kubernetes API server must have anonymous authentication disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Kubernetes API Server controls Kubernetes via an API interface. A user who has access to the API essentially has root acc...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000090

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  • The Kubernetes Kubelet must have anonymous authentication disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A user who has access to the Kubelet essentially has root access to the nodes contained within the Kubernetes Control Plane. ...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000095

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  • The Kubernetes kubelet must enable explicit authorization.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kubelet is the primary agent on each node. The API server communicates with each kubelet to perform tasks such as starting/st...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000095

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  • Kubernetes Worker Nodes must not have sshd service running.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Worker Nodes are maintained and monitored by the Control Plane. Direct access and manipulation of the nodes should not take p...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000095

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  • Kubernetes Worker Nodes must not have the sshd service enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Worker Nodes are maintained and monitored by the Control Plane. Direct access and manipulation of the nodes must not take pla...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000095

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  • Kubernetes dashboard must not be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;While the Kubernetes dashboard is not inherently insecure on its own, it is often coupled with a misconfiguration of Role-Bas...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000090

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  • Kubernetes Kubectl cp command must give expected access and results.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;One of the tools heavily used to interact with containers in the Kubernetes cluster is kubectl. The command is the tool Syste...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000090

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  • The Kubernetes kubelet staticPodPath must not enable static pods.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing kubelet to set a staticPodPath gives containers with root access permissions to traverse the hosting filesystem. The...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000100

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  • Kubernetes DynamicAuditing must not be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting the audit data from change or deletion is important when an attack occurs. One way an attacker can cover their tra...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000095

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  • Kubernetes DynamicKubeletConfig must not be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kubernetes allows a user to configure kubelets with dynamic configurations. When dynamic configuration is used, the kubelet w...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000090

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  • The Kubernetes API server must have Alpha APIs disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kubernetes allows alpha API calls within the API server. The alpha features are disabled by default since they are not ready ...
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  • SRG-APP-000092-CTR-000165

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  • The Kubernetes API Server must have an audit log path set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When Kubernetes is started, components and user services are started for auditing startup events, and events for components a...
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